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Mathew Hayden recalls conversations with R Ashwin: ‘Transference of information, much like what I had with Bishan Bedi years ago’

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Mathew Hayden recalls conversations with R Ashwin: ‘Transference of information, much like what I had with Bishan Bedi years ago’

R Ashwin called it a day on his international career on Wednesday. The off-spinner has scalped 537 Test wickets and is regarded as one the best among his generation. Recalling conversations with him in Ashwin’s early days at Chennai Super Kings former Australian cricketer Mathew Hayden said the “transference of information” was similar to the one he had with the late Bishan Singh Bedi. “I’ve been very privileged to share many a bus-side seat on the way to the ground in Tamil Nadu, at the beautiful Chepauk Stadium, and with the Chennai Super Kings. As a young kid, as I was coming to the end of my career, he’d cuddle up, and we’d talk about the game—how he could counteract the sweeper and why I swept. So, in many ways, it was a transference of information, much like what I had with Bishan Be...

After R Ashwin’s sudden retirement, Ravi Shastri opens up on MS Dhoni’s shock retirement

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After R Ashwin’s sudden retirement, Ravi Shastri opens up on MS Dhoni’s shock retirement

When Ravichandran Ashwin chose to call time on his India career out of the blue on Wednesday after the third India vs Australia Test ended in a draw, former India coach Ravi Shastri could not help but draw parallels with the shock announcement from MS Dhoni in the dressing room that he was retiring from Tests. Just like Ashwin retired from Tests in the middle of the series, Dhoni too said goodbye with one Test remaining. Dhoni, in fact, was captaining the team and his retirement meant that Virat Kohli had to take over the reins for the final Test in Sydney for a series which was already lost by the Indian team. Dhoni’s retirement was a shock because India had managed to draw the Test at the MCG. Narrating the scene on SEN Radio, Shastri said: “Dhoni didn’t wait. I was the coach. He said, R...

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Watch: R. Ashwin’s career highlights

Watch: R. Ashwin’s career highlights One of India’s greatest offspinners, R. Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket midway through the Test series in Australia on December 18th, 2024, in Brisbane. Here’s a look at his career in numbers. Published - December 18, 2024 06:32 pm ISTSource link

‘R Ashwin may have been a bit frustrated’: Brad Haddin says after reading between the lines

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‘R Ashwin may have been a bit frustrated’: Brad Haddin says after reading between the lines

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket after the Third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba. The all-time seventh-placed wicket-taker in Test cricket only played in one Test in the ongoing India vs Australia series so far. Having taken one wicket in the second Test at Adelaide, Ashwin did not feature in the third Test with India preferring Ravindra Jadeja. Former Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin thinks Ashwin would have been a bit frustrated with the change. “More will come out when Ashwin has his opportunity to speak; just reading between the lines, it looked like he may have been a bit frustrated with the spinning options that they’ve changed in the first three Test matches. To me, he was a student of the game (and) alw...